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m< '*• -0*. > F ; %' w The typical modern miss is a girl old-fashioned enough to be afraid of a mouse—but modern enough to handle a wolf. ; 1Si v ■*—1 The best way to keep from hit ting your, finger with a hammer is to hold it with both hands. Sara VOLUME 26 ; NUMBER 1. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1962 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS THE ONLY ONE? I am perhaps the only column ist in the country who hasn’t had something to say about the recent, fight between big steel and the President. My feeling was well expressed in Holmes Alexander’s column. Mr. Alexander suggested that the President, now that he’s shown his fury when angered, should vent that fury on Mr. Khruschev and on our so-called allies who too often waver from supporting this country against the common enemy. Surely this would be better than having the President call responsible business men, '"irresponsible” and blame them for everything from the Ber lin crisis to the call-up of re serves. Mr. Kennedy has certain ly shown his immaturity but what is worse, he has shown that he in tends to dictate to everything and everybody. The best review in the least number of words I have seen on this situation was an editorial in 1 the Walll Street Journal, lows: It fol- and still is, is whether the price of steel is to be determined by the constant bargaining in the market place between the makers and buyers of steel; you may be sure that if the makers guessed wrong the market would prompt ly change their decision. Or wheth er the price of steel is to be decid ed and then enforced by the Gov ernment. In short, the issue is whether we have a free market system or whether we do not. That, and nothing more. Thus the true "crime” of this company was that it did not get permission from the Government and that its attempted asking price did not suit the ideas of a tiny handful of men around the White House. It was for this that last week we saw the President of the United States in a fury, a public pillorying of an industry, threat ened reprisals against all busi ness, the spectacle of a private citizen helplessly trying to defend himself against unnamed accu sations, the knock of policemen on the midnight door. And there was mm y ;: miuir. m. m mm In a long life not without its (a vo j ce r i s i n g above the share of amazements, we never saw anything like it. On Tuesday one of the country’s steel companies announced it was going to try to get more money for its product. And promptly all hell busted loose. We wouldn’t have been surpris ed ourselves if some people had shaken their heads in puzzlement at the new price list. Although after 20 years of inflation ^ price rise in anything is hardly unus- j ual, there was some reason for wondering if the company officials had made the right decision in to day’s market. But what happened was no mere headshaking. The President of the United States went into a tirade. Not only had the company chang ed its price list without consult ing him but it had also set a price which, in his opinion, was "wholly unjustified.” With a long pre amble in which he rang in the Berlin crisis, the soldiers killed the other day in Vietnam, the wives and mothers separated from their husbands by the reserve call up—all of which he cast at the feet of these "irresponsible” steel officials—he wound up by crping that these men had shown their "utter contempt” for the welfare of the country. The response in Washington was instantaneous. The Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission, the Congressional in quisitors all leaped to arms. Then came the night riders. At three a.m. Thursday morning a re porter for the Associate Press was awakened by Government agents unable to wait even for regular office hours in their driv en haste to find out what testi mony he could give about crimin al conduct of these steel officials. At five a.m. it was the turn of our own reporter in Philadelphia. At six-thirty a.m. the scene was repeated in Wilmington, Delaware, for a reporter on the Evening Journal. All this wdthout any war rants, only orders from the Attor ney General of the United States. •By mid-Thursday morning the U.S. Steel Corporation had been subpoenaed for all documents bearing on the crime and had learned that a Federal Grand Jury would move swiftly to see what laws had been violated by asking three tenths of a cent a pound more for a piece of steel. This brought us to Thursday afternoon. Then Mr. Roger Blough the chairman of this company, felt forced to stand up to an assembly of microphones and television cam eras and defend himself before the country for the wickedness of his deeds. And to be treated by the reporters at that gathering as if they were a part of the prose cution and he was, indeed, a male factor in the dock. And that leads to what is prob ably the most amazing thing of all about last week. Across the coun try—on the radio, in newspapers and at street corners—the neces- clamor to ask what it was all about. If we had not seen it with our eyes and heard it with our own ears, we would not have been able to believe that in America it ac tually happened. Boosters Club Annual Banquet Dode Phillips, famous as one of the state’s greatest athletes of all time, and member of the South Carolina Hall of Fame, will be speaker at the annual Award Ban quet of the Newberry High School Boosters Club, according to Pete Coleman, president of the club. During the banquet trophies for al Isports will be awarded deserv ing athletes. The banquet will be at the Newberry High School Cafe teria at 7:30 p.m.. May 8. A pork barbecue supper will be served, and a limited number of tickets will be available, in addi tion to those for athletes and their parents. Tickets may be purchased from the coaches at the high school, through the athletes or from any member of the Boosters Club, Mr. Coleman said. WWtm-. fc?y:#?: : yjyyy: : yy iMmm Murrie Alice Shealy, the proud young lady who made her solo flight on her 16th birthday, smiles happily as she and her father and instructor, Olin Shealy, stand beside the plane in which she soloed. (Photo by Nichols.) Board Distributes School Bond Funds Gives Report On Red Cross Drive ” i sity of the defenders to “justify themselves before the righteous accusers was simply accepted as a premise from which the trial should begin. There were few to say otherwise. Yet what; in all truth, is this "crime” with which these men Stood charged by a wrathful President ? It had nothing to do with argu ments about whether this particu lar asking price was economically justified or fair to the steel stock holders, or somehow responsible for dead soldiers in Vietnam. This last is sheer demagoguery, and the others are questions no man can answer—neither Mr. Blough nor Mr. Kennedy. What was really at issue here, Approximately $4867 has been collected in the 1962 Red Cross Drive, according to Lawrence Richardson, chairman of the New berry County Red Cross Chapter. "I am very grateful to all work ers who put forth efforts to reach this amount, .as well as to all who donated to the Red Cross Drive,” Mr. Richardson said. "We h^d hoped to reach $5000, and since some cards which were sent out have not been returned, there is still a good possibility that we will reach our goal.” He urged all who had not contributed to send do nations, which may be addressed to Mr. Richai’dson at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. "We are especially appreciative of the efforts of workers in the colored division,” Mr. Richardson continued, "and for the contribu tions of $400 from that division. Donations to the drive this year exceeded those of last year, and we should be able to carry out the important work of the Red Cross during the ensuing year.” The main concern of the county chairman now is the lack of blood donors. At present, the county is lagging by 179 pints. Another Bloodmobile visit is scheduled in May, at which time the quota will be 115 pints, a total of 294 pints which Newberrians must contri bute to meet its quota. "Efforts for recruitment of do nors for the next Bloodmobile vis it, are being made and while it seems almost impossible to collect 294 pints during one afternoon, it can be done if we try enough,” Richardson said. hard BIRTH OF TWINS Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Schum- pert are receiving congratulations on the birth of twin daughters on Tuesday, April 17, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. The babies weighed five pounds, ten ounces and three pounds, nine ounces, respectively. The little girls, named Lucia Myrtle and Ida Dennis, and their mother are get ting along nicely. The proud parents have two other children, Susan McKeene, age 4, and Robert Young, age 2. Mrs. Schumpert is the former Margaret Ida (Peggy) Hutchinson. The Newberry County Board of Education, at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, night, allocated what money remained in the school building funds among schools throughout the county, on a per centage basis of requests made prior to selling of the school bond issue. Each school was allo- ted about 70 percent of what it had originally asked. After deducting the amount paid for the new Boundary and Speers Street schools, for work on the athletic field at Newberry High, for fence and lights for Gallman athletic field, and set ting aside $150,000 for a cafeteria and other renovations at Drayton Street school, there remains in the building fund $292,000. This includes $115,000 additional antici pated bond sales, authorized by the County legislative delegation. The largest amount is allocated for Newberry Junior High, $101,- 654. Other amounts are as fol lows: Mid-Carolina, $38,124; Whit mire High, $28,240; Park Street, $17,650; Newberry High, $25,- 243; Reuben, Garmany and Rikard Elementary, $2,824 each; Carver $2,118; Gallman High School, $9,- 077; Bush River, $10,590; Little Mountain, $4,942; Pomaria, $L4,- 120; Prosperity, $17,650; Silver- street, $14,120. These amounts will be spent as recommended by the area advisory boards and approved by the county board. Call To Prayer Our everlasting God and our Heavenly Father, we join with millions as we raise our prayer of thanksgiving for the joys which dawn again on Easter Day. May we ver, with the Apostles of old, see our risen Lord and permit His resurrec tion power to fill our ■ feeble hearts with strength and our sinful hearts with His eternal righteousness. Having such pow er manifest in the world, may no corrupt thoughts get dominion over us and may no selfish and sinful desires take possession ©f us. Even as the evidences of springtime speak to us of new life and immortality, so may the spiritual lessons of Eastertime teach us that the new life which came to Jesus is given freely to each of us and that the . immor tality made obvious through the resurrection is constantly avail able to every seeking soul. We pray in the name of our risen Lord and Saviour. Amen. Spring Music Concert Plans Are Announced The Newberry High School Girls Choir will present its annua! spring concert at the high school auditorium on Friday evening, May if at 7:30 p.m. <:The program is varied and well j planned. Many spectacular and beautiful scenes form the back ground for the musical numbers being presented. The program will begin with a stirring group of patriotic songs by the Junior High School Girls Chorus. This group will include Tlie Pledge of Allegiance, the National Anthem, God Bless America, Carolina, Your Land and My Land, and The Stars and Stripes Forever. This last num ber will feature a unique display of the patriotic colors. ^The high school chorus will wn a May Queen, Miss Marcia 11s. The maid of honor is Miss therine Rebecca Truesdell. The y Pole will be danced by 16 Is from the chorus and the full chorus will sing May Dar Carol, xds at Eve, Some Enchanted ning from South Pacific and I uld Have Danced All Night ftftm My Fair Lady. The setting for the next group of musical numbers will be a river scene. James Sanders will sing "Old Man River” from Showboat and Emily Blair will sing "My Lover is a Fisherman.” The en semble from the choir will sing Harbor Lights, Shrimp Boats a ‘Cornin’, Moon River and Let the Lower Lights Be Burning. One group will feature an orien tal garden with Sandra Petty singing "One Fine Day” from Madame Butterfly. A Latin Am erican group, features Donna Rook singing "The Habanera” from Carmen and the chorus singing "Rio Rita.” Gay Paris is pictured in a side walk cafe scene and the concluding group features the American In dian. The entire chorus, dressed as Indian maids sing From the Land of the Sky Blue Waters and By the Waters of Minnetonka.! Elizabeth Setzler sings "Indian' Love Call” from Rose Marie. Both the Junior High Girls Chorus and the Senior High Girls Choir made superior ratings at the State Regional Music Festival. Tickets are on sale for this spec ial spring concert by members of both choirs, adults fifty cents and students, twenty-five cents. mm One passing a school room and fleeing a scene s ich as that out of her mind—but this happens to be a part o* the new urated in the elementary schools by Supt. Ed Beck. Some of the students in grade classt oom are shown doing one of the exercises, the "bunny hop.” Their instructor, gets into the act on all the exercises, and soon hopes to regain the figure that made him a football star at Newberry College a few years back. Many a youngster was limping around with sots muscles after the cirst day’s session in "physical fitness.” (Sunphoto) House-To Cancer Is Republican Office-Seeker Mrs. Hendrix, 81, Services Today Mrs. Ora Elizabeth Pitts Hen drix, 81, of the Trinity section of Newberry County, died early Wednesday morning at a Colum bia hospital after a lingering ill ness. A daughter of the late Madison and Sarah A. Longshore Pitts, she was born and reared in New berry County and had spent most of her life in the Trinity section. She was a member of Trinity Me thodist Church and of the Womans Missionary Society, and was a former member of Trinity Home Demonstration Club. Her hus band died in 1941. She is survived by two sons, James Milton Hendrix of Green ville and Junius Robert Hendrix of McCormick; three daughters, Mrs. Marvin Longshore, Mrs. W. Leo Davenport and Miss Miriam Hendrix, all of Newberry; one brother, J. Ray Pitts of Newber ry; 23 grandchildren and 52 great grandchildren. Funeral services were to be conducted this (Thursday) morn ing at 11 a.m. from McSwain Funeral Home by the Rev. Glenn E. Parrott. Interment followed in Trinity Church cemetery Mrs. Johnston Dies At Age 82 Mrs. Alma T. Johnston, 82, wi dow of the late A. M. Johnston, of Route 3, died early Wednesday at Newberry County Memorial Hos pital after several weeks critical illness. Mrs. Johnston was born and reared in Newberry County, dau ghter of the late David and Hattie Hendrix Teague. She had spent most of her life in the Smyrna section of Newberry County and was the second oldest member of Smyrna Presbyterian Church. Surviving are two sons, David M. Johnston of Newberry and A. M. Johnston, Jr. of Pomaria; three daughters, Mrs. Fannie Ev ans, Miss Essie Mae Johnston of Newberry and Mrs. Lalla Dorroh of Silverstreet; three brothers, C. P. Teague of Cordova, T. H. Tea gue of Columbia and D. M. Tea gue of Charlotte, N. C.; and two sisters, Mrs. F. M. Satterwhite of Newberry and Mrs. A. W. Mar shall of Concord, N. C.; Nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o’clock at Smyrna Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Otis C. Brown. Interment will be in the church cemetery. To Be Honored Ai Silverstreet Mrs. Mattie Lou Blackmon, who is retiring this year after 35 years as a school teacher, will be honored by the Silverstreet Par ent-Teacher Association Friday night at 8 p.m. in the school aud itorium. Also to be honored is Mrs. Mary Ella Neal, who has served 20 years as caterer at Sil verstreet, and who is also retiring. Mrs. Blackmon is first grade teacher at Silverstreet. All former pupils and tea ' ers of Silverstreet, as well as ;ther interested persons, are cordially invited to attend the progi*am and reception which will follow. Final Rites For Mrs. Glymph Mrs. Bessie S. Glymph, widow of John S. Glymph, died suddenly at her home at 915 Jessica Ave. Mon day. She was a member of Central Methodist Church. Surviving are three sons, Myril Glymph of Miami, Fla., Herman Glymph of Newberry and Lt. Col. James Glymph of Washington, D. C.; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Bund- rick of Columbia; two grandchil dren; and two great-grandchild ren. Funeral services were conducted at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. T. H. Vick ery. Burial was in Rosemont Ce metery. Pallbearers were Ernest Layton, Steve Reeves, Ralph McEntire, Berley Bouknight, Frank Jones and Dewey Kinard. Flower attendants were Mrs. Ernest Layton, Miss Sue Layton, Miss Evelyn Bums, Mrs. O. F. Armfield Sr., Mrs. Frank Jones and Mrs. Frasier Sanders. Mrs. R. Derrill Smith returned to her home on Main Street Sun day after a visit with her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Randall and family in Beaufort. (The following is an excerpt from a story appearing in the April 11 issue of the Statesville (N.. C.) Record & Landmark. Mrs. McHurgue is the former Con stance Armfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Sr. of Nev/berry.—Ed.) "Iredell county GOP last night named eight persons to carry the Republican party banner this year, including two preachers and a surgeon. At a meeting conducted by the County Chairman, Ed Canupp at the Court house, four persons were named to the slate for the board of county commissioners and other persons were named to seek the offices of register of deeds, sheriff, coroner and solic itor. Mrs. Hugh McHargue, States ville Outside, will seek the post of register of deeds. Mrs. McHargue. the only woman endorsed by loesi Republicans last night was born in Mecklenburg County (N. C.) but was reared in South Carolina, daughter of a newspaperman and former poli tician. She has one son, Danny, a student at Scotts School. She has been very active in community work, being a former president of Monticello Parent-Teacher As sociation for two terms; first president of Iredell Friends of the Library; former officer in Statesville Council of Garden clubs and a former Woman’s club member. She has served 2 years in each capacity as secretary, ad visor and president of Iredell County Council of Home Demon stration Clubs. Mrs. McHargue is a charter member of Iredell Women’s Rep ublican Club. She is a Sunday School teacher and member at Concord Presbyterian church. She now aids her husband in his landscaping business. She is a former selective service board chief clerk; chief clerk in an Ar my Finance office, and secretary to former Republican Congress man John C. Kunkel of Pennsyl vania. The house-to-hpuse crusade for Cancer will begin Friday night at 7 p.m. The Crusade is being spon sored by the Newberry Business and Professional Women’s Club and the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs witk Mrs. Marian Roberts, health chairman of the Newberry B&PW and Mrs. ! W. C. Koon, health chairman of | the Home Demonstration Clubs, :• serving as city and county chair men respectively,. Mrs. Betty Monroe is serving as special gifts chairman. Workers in the Friday Srusade will be: Area 1: Mrs. Myra Addy, Mrs. Tom Brigman, Mrs. W. M. Frick, Mrs. Herman Hawkins, Mrs. Wal lace Ruff, Mrs. McSwain Domin ick, Mrs. Olin Shealy, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Smith, Mrs. Harriett Boazman, Mrs. Patsy Singley, Mrs. Marvin Ruff, Miss Gail Ruff, Mrs. M. B. Crooks, Marion Crooks, Mrs. Alton Wicker, Mrs. Mabel Cain, Mrs. Louis Mazza, Mrs. Da vid Sanders, Mrs. Willie Hawkins, Mrs. P. B. Hackett, Mrs. W. R. Looper. Area 2: Mrs. Virginia Moon, Mrs. Ruby Phibbs, Mrs. Fay» Lay man, Mrs. Mildred Harmon, Mrs. Margaret Folk, Mrs. Rachel Bed- enbaugh, Mrs. Mary Dennis. Area 3: Mrs. Bailey Wilson, Mrs. W. E. Shealy, Mrs. Luther Long. Area 4: Mrs. Naomi Eptin,?, Mrs. Nell Stewart, Mr^. Helun Half acre, Miss Ada Cromer, Mrs. Sue Summer, Mrs. V. E. Rine hart, Mrs. Helen Ringer, Miss An nie Abrams. Area 5: Mrs. Peggy Yates, Mrs. Nonie Terrell, Mrs. Edith Beard, Mrs. Faye Mills, Mrs. Martha Dix on, Mrs. Emmie Beard, Mrs. Ten- sie Stone, Mrs. Mary Helen Hite, Mrs. Catherine Dawkins, Mrs. Howard Cook, Mrs. Ruth Fennell. Area 6: Mrs. Pete Coleman, Mrs. J. W. Thomson, Mrs. J. M. Smith, Mrs. Al Busby, Mrs. T. Roy Summer Jr. Area 7: Miss Margaret Paysing- er, Mrs. Gordon Leslie, Mrs. Alan Reighley, Miss Carolyn Feis, Miss Julie Hamiter, Mrs. Emmett Nich ols, Miss Virginia Dufford, Mrs. Gus Franklin, Mrs. Carroll Eargle. Area 8: Mrs. Billy Wilson, Mrs. Clyde Hembree, Mrs. Paul Epting, Mrs. Edd Harris. Area 9: Mrs. Anna Hawkins, Mrs. Pope Connelly, Miss Joyce Lester, Mrs. Ida Underwood. Area 10: Miss Miriam Hendrix, Mrs. Rosene Longshore, Mrs. Carolyn Cope, Mrs. Frances Mil ler, Mrs. Ethel Ruff. Area 11; Mrs. Harper Wherry, Mrs. Ann Hawkins, Mrs. N. B. Warren Sr., Mrs. Annie Baxter, Mrs. Rion Price, Mrs. James Ab rams. Area 12: Mrs. Ray Schumpert, Mrs. Colie Dowd, Mrs. Shirley Livingston, Mrs. Henry Dennis, Mrs. Mary Smith. Area 13: Mrs. Myra Trefsgar, Mrs. Winnie Senn, Joe Trefsgar, Phil Trefsgar. Area 14: Miss Frances Boozer, Mrs. Nellie Mason, Mrs. Seth Meek, Mrs. Butler Holmes, Miss Nell Paysinger, Miss Sadie Bow ers. W Area 15: Mrs. Julia Katherine Smith, Mrs. Mildred Martin, Mrs. Edith - Terry, Mrs. Lillian Rodels- perger, Mrs. Erlene Lominack, Mrs. Marion Boozer, and Mrfe Dorothy Axnick. Area 16: Mrs. Margie Morrison, Mrs. Marian Smith, Mrs. Ana Folk, Mrs. Marty Mathis, Mac.. Annette Lake, Mrs. Virginia Fulp, Area 17: Mrs. Celia Dodgen, ‘ in Wiggins , v HtfSpHadys Mrs. Dot Arthur, Mrs. Ezell. Area 18: Mrs. Joan Ringer, Mrs. Margaret Donald. Area 19: Mrs. Iris Rodelsperger, Mrs. Lib Rodelsperger. Area 20: Mrs. Hendrix Monts, Mrs. Betty Monroe, Miss Hattie Belle Lester, Mrs. Cora W. Aull, Mrs. Edna H. Paysinger, Mrs. Helen S. Reeves, Mrs. Alan Perry, Miss Hattie Wessinger. Area 21: Mrs. Clara Ward, Mrs. Betty Jo Bobb, Mrs. Vera Creek- more, Mrs. Lois Merchant, Mrs. Frances Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Ber ry Shealy, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Ray Kibler. Area 22: Mrs. Victoria Mitchell, Mrs. Katherine McEntire, Mrs. Mrs. Carolyn Sligh, Mrs. Shirley Perry. Miss Shirley Aufhtry, Mrs. (Continued on Page 4) tfaj M m •’S-fS BIRTHDAY •V'- - H April 29: Ann Bowers Neel, Mrs. Ruby Reaves, C. E. Han cock, Trannie Leitzsey, Dorothy W. Bedenbaugh, Susan Marie Brady, Dr. J. S. Lide. April 30: Mrs. Beale H. Cro mer, Fredrick Gardiner, Mrs. Richard McWhirter, Ray Nobles, F. L. Miller. May 1: William Neville, Su san Blalock, Bill Blalock, Jua nita Lathrop, Jean Walker, Mrs. Clarence B. Wood, W. H. Caldwell, Mrs A. C. Dyskin, Mrs. Charles E. Thomas, John Huggins, Mrs. George C. Hipp. May 2: Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt, Billy Martin, S. Downs Wright, Robert Weyne Lathrop, John S. Hazel, J. Alvin Kinard, Irby Farr, Michael L. Bedenbaugh. May 3: J. Ralph Williams, Bobby Long, Berley Beden baugh Jr., William H. Ringer, George S. Ruff, Marion Gilliam, Grady Ringer, Carcv* * Wood, Jimmy Bedenbaugh. May 4: Mrs. EKse P. Bowler, Horace Williams, Dewey Kin- ard, Mrs. Edward A. Lane, B. B. Livingston, Jack Summer, Mrs. Brab Crooks, Mrs. Jack Hughes, Carl Setzler, Roberta Clairice Kennerley. May 5: T. E. Davis, Francis Aull, John H. Ruff, Walter Ruff Mrs. Randolph Kirkland, Mildred Power Martin, Billie Wayne Sheppard, Mrs. William Thomas Werts, Richard B. Cald well, Mrs. W. Ellerbe Pelham Jr„ Mrs. W. F. Rutherford, Mary Helen Whitaker, Pamela L. Setzler. M fm m